Meren of Clan Nel Toth - Golgari Commander

Commander / EDH BG (Golgari) Reanimator

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Creature (30)

• 1x Acidic Slime
• 1x Apprentice Necromancer
• 1x Arbor Elf
• 1x Birds of Paradise
• 1x Caustic Caterpillar
• 1x Deathrite Shaman
• 1x Devoted Druid
• 1x Elves of Deep Shadow
• 1x Elvish Mystic
• 1x Eternal Witness
• 1x Fauna Shaman
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Golgari Grave-Troll
• 1x Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
• 1x Lotleth Troll
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• 1x Necrotic Ooze
• 1x Oracle of Mul Daya
• 1x Quillspike
• 1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
• 1x Skirge Familiar
• 1x Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
• 1x Solemn Simulacrum
• 1x Spore Frog
• 1x Sylvan Safekeeper
• 1x The Gitrog Monster
• 1x Titania, Protector of Argoth
• 1x Triskelion
• 1x Woodfall Primus

Land (37)

• 1x Barren Moor
• 1x Bloodstained Mire
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dakmor Salvage
• 1x Dryad Arbor
• 10x Forest
• 1x Gaea's Cradle
• 1x Golgari Rot Farm
• 1x High Market
• 1x Mana Confluence
• 1x Overgrown Tomb
• 1x Phyrexian Tower
• 1x Reflecting Pool
• 6x Swamp
• 1x Tranquil Thicket
• 1x Twilight Mire
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Verdant Catacombs
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold
• 1x Windswept Heath
• 1x Wooded Foothills
• 1x Woodland Cemetery

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Animate Dead
• 1x Attrition
• 1x Awakening Zone
• 1x Bitterblossom
• 1x Burgeoning
• 1x Exploration
• 1x Pernicious Deed
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Squandered Resources
• 1x Survival of the Fittest
• 1x Sylvan Library

Artifact (6)

• 1x Altar of Dementia
• 1x Birthing Pod
• 1x Crucible of Worlds
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Sensei's Divining Top
• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (5)

• 1x Dark Ritual
• 1x Entomb
• 1x Putrefy
• 1x Vampiric Tutor
• 1x Worldly Tutor

Sorcery (10)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Intent
• 1x Dread Return
• 1x Green Sun's Zenith
• 1x Life from the Loam
• 1x Nostalgic Dreams
• 1x Raven's Crime
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Tooth and Nail
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Commander (1)

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But as sunlight streamed into the chamber, he realized none of this mattered to him, for it was not knowledge or even power that he had been seeking, but happiness. Perhaps his goal had not been to understand, but to let go. No longer would anyone tell him where to go, what to do, or how to feel. Whatever life he lives, it will be his. And that was all he needed to know. It was perhaps the only thing worth knowing.

Basic Combo:

This is how you get your entire deck into the graveyard. This is the heart of the deck, no matter what your win condition is.

Golgari Grave-Troll Loop:

1. Starting with your Golgari Grave-Troll in your graveyard, Lotleth Troll (or any other discard outlet), and The Gitrog Monster.
2. Discard a land from hand, or sacrifice one of your existing land to trigger The Gitrog Monster for a draw to get the combo started.
3. Replace the card draw with a dredge on your Golgari Grave-Troll, to dredge 6 cards, and return the grave-toll to hand.
4. Statistically speaking, you should have milled at least one land, which will trigger Gitrog. (if, by some miracle, you whiff, discard a land from hand, or sacrifice another land to continue, if able)
5. In response to the draw, discard your dredge card to the discard outlet.
6. Dredge again
7. Repeat steps 4-6.

Dakmor Salvage Loop:

This loop is very similar to the Grave-Troll, except that the very act of discarding the Salvage will trigger a draw, allowing you to immediately return it to your hand. Anytime you dredge lands results in an extra draw to your hand.

1. Starting with your Dakmor Salvage in your hand, a discard outlet, and The Gitrog Monster.
2. Discard a your Dakmor Salvage to trigger The Gitrog Monster for a draw.
3. Replace the card draw with a dredge on your Dakmor Salvage, returning it to hand.
4. If you dredge lands, draw a card.
5. Repeat steps 2-3.

The Killing Combo:

1. Return Necrotic Ooze via Dread Return/Meren of Clan Nel Toth/Any other RTB spell.
2. Necrotic Ooze can now discard a card for a thanks to Skirge Familiar. Use this to activate haste due to Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon.
3. Tap it for or any colour your dorks can produce.
4. Untap it by putting a -1/-1 counter on it (Devoted Druid) use the to remove the counter and give it +3/+3 (Quillspike)
5. This means you can put infinite -1/-1 counters on it, to untap it infinite times, make infinite mana and an infinitely large Ooze.
6. Sac a forest and swamp to return Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord and then sac your Ooze for the kill.

The Killing Combo 2:

This one involves Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion

1. With both Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and Triskelion in play, Remove 1 counter off Trisk to ping an opponent and remove the remaining 3 to ping Trisk to death. (Mikaeus will bump trisk up to a 2/2 with 3 +1/1 counters on it)
2. Once Trisk hits the graveyard Mikaeus, the Unhallowed undying trigger will take effect, bringing Triskelion back into the field with 4 +1/+1 counters.
3. Remove 2 counters to ping an opponent, use the final two to ping Trisk to death.
4. Repeat steps 2-3.

Blow Everything Up Combo:

This one wont win you the game, nor will it make you any friends. You will need Sac Outlet + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Woodfall Primus in play.

1. Sac Woodfall Primus to Sac Outlet. Both Persist Trigger and Undying triggers will happen at the same time.
2. Choose Undying to resolve first so Persist overrides and it comes back to the battlefield with the -1/-1 counter.
3. Sac Woodfall to Sac outlet, this time choose Persist trigger to resolve first so Undying will override and it comes back to the battlefield with a +/+1 counter.
4. Repeats steps 1-3.

Date added	8 years
Last updated	7 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 49 - 0 Rares 13 - 0 Uncommons 11 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	2.70
Tokens	Eldrazi Spawn 0/1 C, Elemental 5/3 G, Experience Token, Faerie Rogue 1/1 B
Folders	Helpful Decks, TO TRY